Recommended fingerstyle books and websites
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I learn most my fingerstyle skills from Classical Guitar stuff -- books, articles, and videos.
Especially if you like playing classical and traditional music, Classical Guitar can give pretty much good information.
Caveat: you need to understand the differences between Ukulele and Classical Guitar.
Especially if you like playing classical and traditional music, Classical Guitar can give pretty much good information.
Caveat: you need to understand the differences between Ukulele and Classical Guitar.
Not totally up-to-date, but Uke Nut (Fingerstyle Ukulele Resources) has links to a lot of excellent sites with fingerstyle tablature.
Look for "Pekelo's Hawaiian ukulele method" books, I think there are Level 1 and 2, might be hard to find.
http://www.pekelosbooks.com/
http://www.pekelosbooks.com/
Jerryc41
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When you finish all of these tutorials, if you can't fingerpick, sell you uke(s). 
https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEB&search_query=how+to+fingerpick+ukulele
https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEB&search_query=how+to+fingerpick+ukulele
Jan D
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If you are looking for free fingerstyle tablature online, here’s a good starting list of websites to check out:
https://www.capotastomusic.com/ukulele-sheet-music/tabs.htm
https://www.fingerstyle-rules.de/ukulele-tabs/
https://www.hochweber.ch/guitar.htm
http://ukulelehunt.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/solobuch1.pdf
https://www.ukulele-arts.com/tabs-and-e-books/?lang=en
https://static1.squarespace.com/sta...0525697098/Chord+Melody+Songbook+11+12+17.pdf
https://sites.google.com/site/tabs4ukes/home-1
https://pdfminstrel.wordpress.com/2-standard-high-g-ukulele-pdfs/
https://www.ukeeducation.org
https://liveukulele.com/tabs/
http://snip.ly/lb8fz#https://ukucafe.wordpress.com/about/
http://www.kenmiddleton.co.uk/free-tabs/
http://www.chiefnoda.com/ukulele/index.html
https://ukenut.com/fingerstyle-ukulele-resources/
https://www.capotastomusic.com/ukulele-sheet-music/tabs.htm
https://www.fingerstyle-rules.de/ukulele-tabs/
https://www.hochweber.ch/guitar.htm
http://ukulelehunt.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/solobuch1.pdf
https://www.ukulele-arts.com/tabs-and-e-books/?lang=en
https://static1.squarespace.com/sta...0525697098/Chord+Melody+Songbook+11+12+17.pdf
https://sites.google.com/site/tabs4ukes/home-1
https://pdfminstrel.wordpress.com/2-standard-high-g-ukulele-pdfs/
https://www.ukeeducation.org
https://liveukulele.com/tabs/
http://snip.ly/lb8fz#https://ukucafe.wordpress.com/about/
http://www.kenmiddleton.co.uk/free-tabs/
http://www.chiefnoda.com/ukulele/index.html
https://ukenut.com/fingerstyle-ukulele-resources/
Here are some fingerstyle ukulele tutorial YouTube channels that I've been enjoying:
Ukulele Time: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC-HFJJK1evbBdpz4FB35gw/videos
Helmut Bickel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3XUrL8hsOpecVpDZZfoLFFo-ecP5tgPo
Naoki Honma: https://www.youtube.com/c/adlibguitarschoolSagamihara/videos
There are lots of others. Depends a lot on what kind of music that you like.
Ukulele Time: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC-HFJJK1evbBdpz4FB35gw/videos
Helmut Bickel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3XUrL8hsOpecVpDZZfoLFFo-ecP5tgPo
Naoki Honma: https://www.youtube.com/c/adlibguitarschoolSagamihara/videos
There are lots of others. Depends a lot on what kind of music that you like.
Graylights
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Take a look at (i) Kiyoshi Kobayashi Ukulele Jazz and (ii) Kiyoshi Kobayashi Ukulele Bossa Nova. The songs are very nicely arranged and they are highly recommended on Amazon. Not necessary to know Japanese to play the songs.
This Korean lady plays from these song books beautifully :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY9avj6kUyE
This Korean lady plays from these song books beautifully :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY9avj6kUyE
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I'm not sure I would single out any one book as best. The Aaron Keim book is very good. I also really like Rob MacKillop's 20 Easy Fingerstyle Studies for Ukulele. Both are great for learners and can help build playing skills. This resource http://ukulele-tabs.com/ is also essential for learning ukulele
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Also see Jeff Peterson’s Ukulele Corner website. His books have both tabs and musical notation, for low G ukulele. And on the site, you can watch him perform the pieces in the book. These are my favorite instructional books. Also, the stuff (almost all classical) is a pleasure to play. Ukulelecorner.com
PeteyHoudini
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I rather like this one:
Learn to Play Fingerstyle Solos for Ukulele (Mel Bay)
ISBN: 978-0786687213
- has TABs and notes
- good explanations of fingerstyle in the intro
- techniques for each song
- basics of slack key playing
Learn to Play Fingerstyle Solos for Ukulele (Mel Bay)
ISBN: 978-0786687213
- has TABs and notes
- good explanations of fingerstyle in the intro
- techniques for each song
- basics of slack key playing
Jerryc41
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Thanks for the recommendation. Millions of people must have learned by using Mel's books.
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